Improvement in apparatus for defecating liquids



l. E. W|LSONL Apparatus for Defecatig Liquids. l No. 35,645. Patented June 17, 1862.

'Joan n. WILSON,` or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT iN APPARATUS FOR DEFECATING LIQUIDS.

V "Specification forming part of LettersP-atcnt No. 35,645, dated June 17, 1862.

0 'all whom it may concern: "Be it known that I, JOHN E.`V1LSON, of Baltimore city, in the county of Baltimore Aand State of 4Maryland, have invented a new fand Improved Apparatus for Defecating or GleansingIliquids from all Impurities, and styled by me a Pancatharticon;7 andI do l hereby declare um the foliowing is a fun,

clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whichi Y Figure 1`is a perspective View of my improved apparatus, with the .pump shown in section. Fig. 2 is av vertical central section of the saine, taken in theline a: :r of Fig. 1. I Similar letters of reference indicate correy spending parts in the two gures.

The object of this invention is to obtain an apparatusforldefecating or cleansing hot and cold liquids from all impurities; and it con sists in a certain construction of apparatus in which is combined a pump whereby the `liquid may be'impelled or forced through a suitable filtering medium in a continuous cir` cuit without coming in contactwith the external air' at any time during the operation,

as and for the purpose hereinafter to beeX- l plained.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and use my invention, I will pro-v ceed to describe it.`

A B C represent three tanks or vessels, which may be constructed of metal or wood,

` and of any desiredsize, in the usual manner.

These tanks are arranged one upon another, the two upper ones, B G,forming,respectively, the receiver and filter, being concentric with each other and `resting partly on the top of the lower tank, A, which is the reservoir, and partly on brackets" a b, projecting from the back side of said reservoir. 0n the front side of the receiver, and projecting outwardly therefrom, is a shelf, c, supported at itsV outer edge on brackets dc, which also project from the receiver; or said shelf may be supported vby legs, resting on the top of' the reservoir. This shelf forms a support for a r force-pump, which is employed for raising and forcing the liquid through the ltering medium, and which will be described hereinafter; The liquid to be defecated or filtered is introduced into the reservoir through a faucet, f, placed near the bottom thereof. Vhen it is desired to introduce a small quan tity of' liquid into the reservoir, it may be poured through the funnel o, which may be provided with a spigot or any other suitable device, to exclude the external air from theY reservoir. The upper tank or vessel, C, is

intended to be filled with charcoal, wool, pa`

per, or any other substance or material possessing det'ecating qualities. y

j is thecondueting-faucet, secured in the front side of the receiver B, near the bottom, and arranged so as to discharge into the reservoir A through the top, forming an airtight communication between the reservoir and receiver. Y rlhe liquid to be filtered is drawn from the reservoir by means of a pump up through the suctionpipe g, and forced through 4the discharge-pipe h into and through the filtering medium contained in the tank C, the filtrate discharging into the receiver. After being/passed through thel circuit of the apparatus a sufficient number of times, the conducting-faucet is closed, when Ithe filtrate may be drawn off as it is desired for use through a faucet, i.

The pump which I have found to answer a good purpose, and which I have shown in the accompanying drawings, is one for which Letters Patent were issued to WmgfM. Henderson, October 4, 1859; and it consists, essentially,'of plunger D, suction-valves m m, water-way n, discharge-valve'O, air-chamber E, suction-pipe g, and discharge-pipe h. Mo-

tiontis imparted to the plunger through the 4 medium of a handlever, I-I, which is fulcrumed at its lower end in the end of a rod, p, and connected with the plunger-rod q by a pivot. A pump of this make may be used, or, if' preferred, any other having a double action.

I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not claim any of the parts above described separately considered or irrespective of their particular arrangement; but,

Having thus described my invention, what hot or cold liquids by forcing them in a con I do claim as new, aud desire to secureV by tinuous circuit Without Contact with the ex Letters Patent, istermal air.

The combination of the reservoir A, re- T T T n 1. y A I newer B, and, lter C Wlth the suctlon and 50H31] XX ILSON discharge pipes g h, force-pump, and conducta Witnessesz ing-faucet j, all arranged and operating in LEANDER WARREN, the manner explained to defecate or cleanse T. MEANS. 

